GitMinutes #8 - Drew Neil on Vim and Workflow

I was pleased to be invited to chat with Thomas Ferris Nicolaisen on the GitMinutes podcast recently. It’s now live! Head over to Episode #8 of Git Minutes and have a listen.

We discussed at length the Fugitive plugin by Tim Pope, and how it can be incorporated into your daily workflow with git. For more details, check out my 5 part series on the Fugitive plugin.

We also talked about how the Github compare view can be used to tell the story of the evolution of a codebase. I’ve found that this makes for a great teaching reference, and is preferable to viewing snippets of code embedded in a blog post.

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